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LOOKING FOR SUPPORT TO TEACH YOUR KIDS SPANISH AT HOME?
If you’re like me and love to have people you can go to for support, to ask questions, get inspiration, see how others are doing it – you need to join JUMP INTO SPANISH. It’s a group I started for parents who are trying to teach their children Spanish at home. It’s a Charlotte Mason approach to language learning, and I send you weekly lesson plans and ideas. There are six 12-week terms in total, and we are about to jump into our next one. Please join us!!
New Stuff
The Letter A // La letra A
This September we joined a preschool coop. Each week we focus on a letter of the alphabet and do activities centered around that letter. So of course, we are working on learning our letters in Spanish as well. I am not an educator. I do not...
Celebrating Birthdays in Spanish
The end of the summer is full of birthdays for our family! At the end of August my son and I both celebrated our birthdays, my hubby celebrated his at the beginning of September, we just celebrated my oldest brother's 26th birthday, and one of my nephews...
A Weekend Trip from Madrid & Bocadillos (September 17, 2006)
Warning: The following is an entry in my journal from Spain . . . some of it is quite candid. You can tell I was experiencing culture shock! Funny how most of my culture shock revolved around food. What can I say? I like to eat. Always...
Hispanic Heritage Month #HHM // MKB Blog Hop
Today begins a month-long celebration of Hispanic and Latino heritage and culture in the United States: Hispanic Heritage Month! To celebrate this year, I am co-hosting a blog hop with some of my favorite bloggers from around the world. The blog hop (which...
Observations from Spain (September 13, 2006) #HHM
Here is another throwback post from my blogging abroad. Enjoy!Wednesday, September 13, 2006Me trying to look Spanishin El palacio realSpanish culture is saturated with a history of royalty and in a sense all Spaniards hold themselves with an air of being part of...
Picados de España (September 11, 2006) #HHM
One of my first trips to El Rastro, an open-air market in Madrid.Last year I resurrected my old blog from my adventures in Spain, and as we are gearing up for Hipanic Heritage Month I thought it would be fun to do again. HHM celebrates the Hispanic and...
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Essays on Bilingualism
Speak Spanish with Your Baby!
When I had my first child a friend told me: “Speak Spanish with him all the time. Let your husband speak English and you just speak Spanish.” I sooooo wish I could have done that.
How to Learn Spanish as an Introvert
In my journey of learning and now teaching Spanish, I have learned a few things about myself, and those things have helped me to learn and teach better. And believe me–it is all still a work in progress.
The Truth About Learning Spanish With Kids
Learning Spanish with kids can be intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be.
Why We Quit Spanish + How We Got It Back
It wasn’t until Spanish became a part of our routine again, that I understood why it had left in the first place. It’s been so long since then, that I don’t exactly remember making a decision to “stop doing Spanish.”